Serious Thailand's Tourism and Whores in Financial Death Spiral from Latest Covid 19 Explosion!

[Pinkieslut]

Thai Travel Industry Faces ‘Nail in Coffin’ After New Outbreak
By
Prim Chuwiruch
December 22, 2020, 6:00 AM GMT+8

• Lockdowns, domestic travel restrictions may shutter businesses
• Thailand hit by a record outbreak of virus cases in past week

A Covid-19 testing site in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, on Dec. 19.
Photographer: Jack Taylor/AFP via Getty Images

As Phuket and other Thai tourist destinations prepare for a slight bump in business from the countdown to 2021, a new virus outbreak among seafood factory workers near Bangkok couldn’t come at a worse time.

Thailand discovered a record cluster of infections in Samut Sakhon province last week, prompting a 14-day lockdown of the industrial district. The government is mulling whether curbs need to be expanded to other locales.

Another nationwide lockdown or restrictions on domestic travel could be the “nail in the coffin” for many tourism-related companies, according to Phuket Hotel Association President Anthony Lark.

“Everyone’s losing money and just trying to break even,” Lark said by phone Monday. “If the government can’t control the virus, and any domestic air travel or inter-provincial travel restrictions are introduced, then you will absolutely see hotel, restaurant and boat owners mothball their businesses.”

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha said on Monday that he will take about a week to assess whether more stringent curbs are needed.

News of a widespread outbreak in a seafood market, which took Thailand’s total infections to 5,289 on Monday, came just a day after the government announced plans to ease some restrictions on tourists from 56 countries, including the U.S., Japan and Singapore.
Thailand is betting on a revival in tourism to help it exit a recession, though the central bank forecasts it may take two years for Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy to return to pre-pandemic growth levels. Foreign tourist arrivals generated more than $60 billion in revenue from about 40 million visitors in 2019.

While the international market has been virtually dormant for months, domestic travelers have kept many places afloat, including in Phuket, where businesses were counting on a bump during the year-end holidays.

Travelers from the Thai capital account for 99% of Phuket’s tourists since the nation closed its borders late March, according to Lark. Before the pandemic, foreign tourists comprised two-thirds of the island province’s visitors but contributed about 90% of Phuket’s tourism revenue.
“Bangkok weekend warriors have been propping up all supporting businesses,” Lark said, noting that some hotel occupancy rates have hit 80% at times. But new restrictions “would be the nail in the coffin for so many businesses who were already booked and waiting for tourists from Bangkok.”

 

[Pinkieslut]

Lockdown could be final straw for tourism in Thailand

Published
3 days ago
on
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
By
Maya Taylor

The President of the Phuket Hotels Association has described another potential lockdown as a nail in the coffin for tourism in the province. Speaking to the Bangkok Post, Anthony Lark says a nationwide lockdown, or restrictions on domestic travel, would finish off many tourism-related businesses.
“Everyone’s losing money and just trying to break even. If the government can’t control the virus, and any domestic air travel or inter-provincial travel restrictions are introduced, then you will absolutely see hotel, restaurant and boat owners mothball their businesses.”
Phuket and other popular destinations had been hoping for a slight reprieve over the upcoming holiday period, with the tourism businesses that have made it this far expecting a much-needed uptake in revenue. However, the latest outbreak in the central province of Samut Sakhon may have put paid to that. With cases now over 800 and many more expected as officials test thousands of migrant workers, the PM has warned that another lockdown may be unavoidable if the situation gets out of control. UPDATE: As of this evening, the number of Covid-19 cases linked to the “Samut Sakhon cluster” surpassed 1,000.
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Samut Sakhon is currently in a 14 day lockdown and the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration has confirmed that the virus has spread to other provinces, albeit in small numbers at this stage. The PM says the true situation will not be known for another 7 days, at which point, decisions will have to be made on whether the country needs another lockdown. The latest development has come just as the government was considering easing restrictions for some foreign tourists.
Thailand desperately needs to revive international tourism in order to lift itself out of recession, although the central bank says the economy will probably not return to its pre-Covid state for another 2 years. Last year, around 40 million foreign visitors to Thailand generated over 1.8 trillion baht in revenue. And before Covid-19, international tourists made up two-thirds of Phuket’s visitors but generated 90% of its tourism revenue.
Domestic travellers have kept some places open, even if they can never match the effect of international tourists. Lark says that since Thailand closed its borders in March, around 99% of Phuket’s tourists have come from Bangkok, with some of the island’s hotels even reaching 80% occupancy on occasion. However, a new lockdown or restrictions on domestic travel could signal the end for many businesses expecting tourists from the capital.

 

[Leongsam]

Why all the fuss over a virus that is so mild that most people don't even know they are infected unless they get tested.

 

[countryman]

Why all the fuss over a virus that is so mild that most people don't even know they are infected unless they get tested.

How could it possibly be mild if hundreds of thousands of people die from this illness?

 

[rushifa666]

Everything on govt. Assholes cannot take precaution.

 

[yinyang]

Lockdown could be final straw for tourism in Thailand

Published
3 days ago
on
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
By
Maya Taylor

The President of the Phuket Hotels Association has described another potential lockdown as a nail in the coffin for tourism in the province. Speaking to the Bangkok Post, Anthony Lark says a nationwide lockdown, or restrictions on domestic travel, would finish off many tourism-related businesses.
“Everyone’s losing money and just trying to break even. If the government can’t control the virus, and any domestic air travel or inter-provincial travel restrictions are introduced, then you will absolutely see hotel, restaurant and boat owners mothball their businesses.”
Phuket and other popular destinations had been hoping for a slight reprieve over the upcoming holiday period, with the tourism businesses that have made it this far expecting a much-needed uptake in revenue. However, the latest outbreak in the central province of Samut Sakhon may have put paid to that. With cases now over 800 and many more expected as officials test thousands of migrant workers, the PM has warned that another lockdown may be unavoidable if the situation gets out of control. UPDATE: As of this evening, the number of Covid-19 cases linked to the “Samut Sakhon cluster” surpassed 1,000.
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Samut Sakhon is currently in a 14 day lockdown and the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration has confirmed that the virus has spread to other provinces, albeit in small numbers at this stage. The PM says the true situation will not be known for another 7 days, at which point, decisions will have to be made on whether the country needs another lockdown. The latest development has come just as the government was considering easing restrictions for some foreign tourists.
Thailand desperately needs to revive international tourism in order to lift itself out of recession, although the central bank says the economy will probably not return to its pre-Covid state for another 2 years. Last year, around 40 million foreign visitors to Thailand generated over 1.8 trillion baht in revenue. And before Covid-19, international tourists made up two-thirds of Phuket’s visitors but generated 90% of its tourism revenue.
Domestic travellers have kept some places open, even if they can never match the effect of international tourists. Lark says that since Thailand closed its borders in March, around 99% of Phuket’s tourists have come from Bangkok, with some of the island’s hotels even reaching 80% occupancy on occasion. However, a new lockdown or restrictions on domestic travel could signal the end for many businesses expecting tourists from the capital.

TS, your news snippets "outdated" by -3 days (and can be misleading).
No lockdown:
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailan...ockdown-but-covid-control-zoning-of-provinces

 

[Leongsam]

How could it possibly be mild if hundreds of thousands of people die from this illness?

Very few have died FROM Covid. Most have died WITH Covid. That is why the overall mortality rates have not changed for 2020.

 

[tanwahtiu]

Last time lanjiao tio tok w HIV. Virus enter yr dick small hole, and cheebye hole everyone still fuck.

This time virus enter yr face nose holes why Thaicock shut down the bottom hole too.

 

[syed putra]

How did this virus gain such notoriety?

 

[countryman]

Very few have died FROM Covid. Most have died WITH Covid. That is why the overall mortality rates have not changed for 2020.

It's from covid they suffer other body organ complications n failures which resulted in deaths. So u cannot say covid has got nothing to do with it!

 

[Leongsam]

It's from covid they suffer other body organ complications n failures which resulted in deaths. So u cannot say covid has got nothing to do with it!

Yes Covid could have played a part but that makes it no different from many other existing infections. It does not warrant destroying livelihoods and economies.

 

[countryman]

Yes Covid could have played a part but that makes it no different from many other existing infections. It does not warrant destroying livelihoods and economies.

What other existing sickness causes people to die by the hundreds of thousands in such a short period of time?

 

[Leongsam]

What other existing sickness causes people to die by the hundreds of thousands in such a short period of time?

It's a long running affliction known as "old age". It is always fatal.

More than 50 million die every year from this terrible condition.

 

[pvtpublic]

How did this virus gain such notoriety?

it's the rather horrific deaths from the virus, reported in graphic detail. the regular flu doesnt liquify your lungs and spray it out in violent hacking fits as you breathe your last breath.

as the stats show, most will be asymptomatic but the minority who are susceptible to it suffer greatly.

 

[countryman]

It's a long running affliction known as "old age". It is always fatal.

More than 50 million die every year from this terrible condition.

There are many young people out there below 50 who succumb to covid19...Don't live in denial !
It's because u are living in a comfortable environment and with some money u can say things like that! A person with some wealth will not get covid19 easily.
People who are poor, helpless n lives in hot or overcrowded conditions are suffering n this covid19 thrives in such places.

 

[Leongsam]

There are many young people out there below 50 who succumb to covid19...Don't live in denial !
It's because u are living in a comfortable environment and with some money u can say things like that! A person with some wealth will not get covid19 easily.
People who are poor, helpless n lives in hot or overcrowded conditions are suffering n this covid19 thrives in such places.

The poor are suffering far more from the lockdowns than from Covid.


rt.com

Cure worse than the disease? 30 MILLION face starvation as Covid-19 economic shutdown hurts most vulnerable, UN food chief warns


3-4 minutes


The social and economic consequences of policies purportedly adopted to stop the spread of coronavirus could actually be far more deadly than the actual disease, the head of the UN’s hunger-fighting body has cautioned.

Thirty million people are at risk of perishing if the World Food Program (WFP) doesn’t receive more funding, the agency’s chief, David Beasley, told the UN Security Council. So far this year the WFP has provided aid to 85 million people, but the coronavirus pandemic has strained resources and created a greater need for assistance, he said. $4.9 billion will be needed to ensure that the tens of millions of people completely dependent on UN aid to survive do not die. He called on the world’s billionaires, many of whom have seen enormous profits during the pandemic, to help prevent mass starvation.

Also on rt.com ‘Famine of biblical proportions’ looms over humanity due to Covid-19, UN food chief warns

“We’re doing just about all we can do to stop the dam from bursting. But, without the resources we need, a wave of hunger and famine still threatens to sweep across the globe,” noted Beasley. Much of his agency’s work focuses on providing relief to civilians in warzones such as Yemen, but the restrictions imposed worldwide to combat Covid-19 have further exacerbated these humanitarian crises, he said. “Sensible measures” allegedly implemented to stop the spread of the virus must not interfere with supply chains and trade, and nations must “guard against unintended consequences” of their coronavirus policies, cautioning that they could “hit poor people the hardest.”

Covid-19 restrictions could be particularly devastating for Africa. Beasley cited a study which estimated that for every coronavirus death prevented, as many as 80 children may die due to a lack of routine immunizations.

 

[countryman]

If u don't lockdown, people will get infected in offices, planes, restaurants, shopping malls, lifts, schools, pubs, bars etc...
How do u solve this issue?
Talk is easy but what's the solution?

 

[Leongsam]

If u don't lockdown, people will get infected in offices, planes, restaurants, shopping malls, lifts, schools, pubs, bars etc...
How do u solve this issue?
Talk is easy but what's the solution?

The virus cannot be stopped. The sooner it is allowed to spread the more quickly life can get back to normal. The more quickly it spreads amongst the young the less likely it is for the old folk to get infected and the overall mortality will be lower.

 

[countryman]

The virus cannot be stopped. The sooner it is allowed to spread the more quickly life can get back to normal. The more quickly it spreads amongst the young the less likely it is for the old folk to get infected and the overall mortality will be lower.

This is what they were trying to do in Europe n the States! See what happens now? It got worst.

 

[Leongsam]

This is what they were trying to do in Europe n the States! See what happens now? It got worst.

Of course it got worse. The Northern Hemisphere is in the throes of winter and respiratory illnesses always take their toll during the colder months. It's a natural cycle and has been occurring since the dawn of mankind.

However if you look at the stats you'll find that those who allowed the spread in summer are doing far better in winter.

If you look at the data from US states it's just as revealing. Take a look at Florida vs California.